A picture of what is it explained as mise en place which is about food preparation. We see six round containers filled with sugar eggs Chocolate, and flour. It is all prepared to make the recipe. We can also see a copy of the recipe. Called Moulton chocolate cakes.

A glass bowl is sitting on top a red LeCrueset pot that is placed upon a gas stove burner

Mise en place! For the past 5 years Ive made Xmas Day dessert, as our gift, for our friends. This year they requested an OG classic, from Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten, his Chocolate lava cakes. Time to bust out the Valhrona 70% Guanaja.
#GiftsFromMyKitchen
#Christmas2024
#ChristinesKitchen

A woman wearing a black hat and black glasses and a black sweater. It’s smiling at us behind her. You can see the kitchen on the table as a tray of cookies decorated with blue icing and there’s a blue and white checkered tablecloth at the next table.

Trays of decorated Christmas cookies with snowman faces

A Christmas cookie decorated to look like a snowman’s face with an orange nose. Sitting on a wooden surface.

A tray of round cookies with blue fondant on them with gold printing on them that say merry Christmas and have people’s names on them

Kick the tires and light the fires baby! Today it’s all about the finishing touches.
Glitter baby glitter!
BIG gratitude to my friend, who always opens her commercial kitchen to me. Those working surfaces, for the win!
#GiftsFromMyKitchen
#BakingAtHome
#Christmas2024
#FriendsWhoBake

Bags of candied pecans are decorated for Christmas giving with green, red and green ties and Christmas stickers on the bag we can see four bags

A 950 g bag of pecans from Costco under the brand of Kirkland. The bag has orange label on it.

Pecans are my favourite nut! Rich & buttery, they bring so much to baking. One of my fave recipes is this sweet & spicy candied pecans. They are a huge hit every time I make them & so easy to make.
#giftsfrommykitchen
#christmas2024
#bakingathome
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A circular wooden mould for pressing Christmas cookies with cookie dough behind it

Baking sheets lined with parchment with cakes of shortbread on top of the parchment, waiting to go into the oven

And the ovens are fired back up for Round 2!
#christineskitchen
#giftsfrommykitchen
#christmas2024
#bakingathome

A box of cookies with each cookie being individually wrapped in solo with a pipe cleaner, twist tie, holding them closed

A picture of Scottish shortbread wrapped up in solo and decorated with some ribbons and bows

The postage strike has put a damper on my Christmas mailing so today we did a wee local walkabout. A large part of my hood are seniors. I got loads of smiles today as I dropped off #GiftsFromMyKitchen along with holiday greetings. #ChristinesKitchen
#BeingSweet #ScottishShortbread #Christmas2024

Thanks. It’s my family recipe and the moulds were my gran’s. These are a labour of love and worth every single bit of effort. #giftsfrommykitchen

6 pounds of butter sit stacked in front of a red Kitchen Aid mixer that has a stainless steel mixing bowl sitting on it.

Time to get dirty,
oh so dirty.

#RageBaking #ButterMakesItBetter
#ClassicScottishShortbread
#BeatIt #GiftsFromMyKitchen
#BakingAtHome
#Christmas2024

Two Christmas cookies side-by-side one is round and painted to look like the face of a snowman and the other one looks like a mug painted blue that says Let It Snow on it with white icing on the top to look like whipped cream.

I’m struggling with one hand & trying my best to get some cookie decorating done.
Wish me luck!
#RageBaking #ChristinesKitchen #BakingAtHome #GiftsFromMyKitchen

A woman is standing in a kitchen, leaning on a kitchen island. There are two stools in front of her. She is wearing a gray sweater with pink flowers.

A dirty kitchen apron that says my cape on it the apron is brown, and there is a red heart on it

A round plate that says nourish around the side, filled with pasta in red sauce topped with a bitter fresh parsley

A picture of a pastry, dessert and a cast-iron pan with custard and berries

Day 7 of my 12 Days of Gratitude.

In the moments when I didn’t think I’d manage another minute of holding on to my sobriety, I would turn to my kitchen. No matter what time it was, day or night, it was always there. It was where I took my solace.
#SoberLife #GiftsFromMyKitchen #odaat

A wooden mould for pressing shortbread. And a pile of shortbread dough.

Three rows of shortbread cookies

Shortbread on a baking sheet about to go in the oven

Picture of Christmas baking

That’s easy. Classic Scottish shortbread. All day, every day. It’s all about the butter. #bakingathome #holidaybaking #christmas2024
#giftsfrommykitchen

A picture of a cookbook for cookies called 100 cookies you can see a hand holding the cookbook

It’s the most wonderful time of the year…
#bakingathome
#giftsfrommykitchen
#christineskitchen
#christmas2024🎄🌲

Shortbread cookies

I’m right behind you gf. The kitchen is fired up! Gifts 🎁 made with love means so much because they are intentional.
BTW, San Marzano tomatoes are the BEST tomatoes! 🍅 #GiftsFromMyKitchen #cookingathome #christineskitchen

Blue patterned ceramic bowl filled with cooked shrimp and noodles.

Chicken cooked in a red paprika sauce with fresh parsley sprinkled on top. Served with rice. Plated on a grey plate.

Shrimp accompanied by sautéed spinach and arugula atop rice in a flat white fluted bowl.

Whole ripe peaches, in a clear glass bowl, that have been blanched and had their skin removed.

And where are my food people!!! Use that #cookingathome and please, please, please share the good, the bad and the delicious.
We eat with our eyes.
Show me something from your kitchen! #FromMyKitchen #FunWithFood #FriendsWithFood
#GiftsFromMyKitchen

Baking is my jam, not to mention pot clanging. Gifts from our kitchens are the best gifts. Especially when they are made with intention.
I’m giving lots of thought to the upcoming holiday season.
What to make, what to make?
#christineskitchen
#cookingathome
#reciperaging
#giftsfrommykitchen

Thinking I should add the Three Nut Caramel Corn back into my #giftsfrommykitchen 2024 list. Yah? Nah?
I like to have something bulky & it goes great into packaging. What’s on for gifts from your kitchen this year? #christineskitchen
#giftsfrommykitchen

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